List of ship commissionings in 1940

The list of ship commissionings in 1940 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1940.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
18 January	Kriegsmarine	*U-63*	Type IIC coastal submarine	U-63
1 March	Kriegsmarine	*Adolf Vinnen*	Weather ship	WBS 5	Converted fishing trawler
6 March	United States Navy	*Tippecanoe*	Patoka-class oiler	AO-21
Spring	United States Coast and Geodetic Survey	Explorer	Survey ship	OSS 28
6 April	Royal Navy	*Gladiolus*	Flower-class corvette	K34
20 April	Kriegsmarine	*U-120*	Type IIB coastal submarine	U-120
23 April	Royal Norwegian Navy	*Honningsvåg*	Naval trawler		Ex-German trawler Malangen
25 April	United States Navy	*Wasp*	Light aircraft carrier	CV-7
28 May	Kriegsmarine	*U-121*	Type IIB coastal submarine	U-121
13 June	Kriegsmarine	*Tiger*	Torpedo boat		Ex-Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer Tor
15 June	Kriegsmarine	*U-137*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-137
27 June	Kriegsmarine	*U-138*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-138
8 July	Kriegsmarine	*Hessen*	Weather ship	WBS 11	Converted sealer
24 July	Kriegsmarine	*U-139*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-139
1 August	Kriegsmarine	*Prinz Eugen*	Modified Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser
7 August	Kriegsmarine	*U-140*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-140
20 August	Kriegsmarine	*Bismarck*	Bismarck-class battleship
21 August	Kriegsmarine	*U-141*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-141
22 August	Luftwaffe	*Karl Meyer*	Karl Meyer-class seaplane tender		Completion date
4 September	Kriegsmarine	*U-142*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-142
18 September	Kriegsmarine	*U-143*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-143
24 September	Royal Canadian Navy	*St. Clair*	Town-class destroyer	I65	ex-USS Williams
2 October	Kriegsmarine	*U-144*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-144
16 October	Kriegsmarine	*U-145*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-145
23 October	Royal Navy	*Lancaster*	Town-class destroyer	G05	ex-USS Philip
23 October	Royal Navy	*Mansfield*	Town-class destroyer	G76	ex-USS Evans
23 October	Royal Navy	*Montgomery*	Town-class destroyer	G95	ex-USS Wickes
30 October	United States Navy	*Santee*	Cimarron-class oiler	AO-29	Former merchant tanker Seakay
4 November	United States	*Sangamon*	Cimarron-class oiler	AO-28	Former tanker Esso Trenton
30 October	Kriegsmarine	*U-146*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-146
13 November	Kriegsmarine	*U-149*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-149
26 November	Royal Navy	*Newark*	Town-class destroyer	G08	ex-USS Ringgold
27 November	Kriegsmarine	*U-150*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-150
5 December	Royal Navy	*Newmarket*	Town-class destroyer	G47	ex-USS Robinson
5 December	Royal Navy	*Newport*	Town-class destroyer	G54	ex-USS Sigourney
5 December	Royal Navy	*Richmond*	Town-class destroyer	G88	ex-USS Fairfax
11 December	Royal Navy	*King George V*	King George V-class	41
11 December	Kriegsmarine	*U-147*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-147
28 December	Kriegsmarine	*U-148*	Type IID coastal submarine	U-148
Unknown	Kriegsmarine	*Schwabenland*	Converted merchant type seaplane tender
Unknown	Kriegsmarine	*August Wriedt*	weather ship	WBS 8	Former FV August Wriedt

Ship events in 1940
Ship launches:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Ship commissionings:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Ship decommissionings:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Shipwrecks:	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945

List of ship commissionings in 1940

See also